Topic: Law & Courts — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-18 06:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Mon 18 May 2026 at 6:04am
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[2026-05-18 05:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A facet of the trucking industry little known to the general public has had a big impact on highway safety — and last week a US Supreme Court ruling ensured that it will have to take responsibility for the rigs it helps send out on the road.
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[2026-05-18 05:00 UTC+10:00] [National / NSW] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: A twice-bankrupted, twice-jailed pretend property developer is back behind bars, this time for contempt of court.
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[2026-05-18 04:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins has warned a recent court ruling will allow scores of career criminals to walk free — with “devastating” consequences for public safety across California.
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[2026-05-18 04:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Does the “Gray Lady” have a “longstanding Jewish problem“?
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[2026-05-18 03:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: An accused sleazy loose-lipped developer boasted that he controlled a Brooklyn courthouse — just a day before the feds carted him off to the jailhouse, according to shocking court revelations.
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[2026-05-18 02:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: PROSECUTORS at the International Criminal Court (ICC) have proposed that the trial of former president Rodrigo Duterte begin on Nov. 30, 2026, while lawyers representing victims urged judges to start proceedings earlier in September and pressed for the use of Tagalog and Cebuano interpreters to ensure affected communities can follow the case.
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[2026-05-18 02:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: THE unexpected and sudden appearance of Sen. Ronald “Bato” de la Rosa at the Senate last Monday, May 11, after a forced absence of six months in the upper chamber, following an announcement of Ombudsman Jesus “Boying” Remulla confirming that the International Criminal Court (ICC) had a warrant of arrest issued against the senator, tagged as a co-perpetrator in the commission of the crime against humanity case filed against former president Rodrigo Duterte, triggered a bizarre turn of political events.
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[2026-05-18 02:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: ERROR 404 page not found Click here to go to the home page
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[2026-05-18 01:00 UTC+10:00] [Coles] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Australian retailers are on notice after the federal court handed down a landmark judgment against the nation’s second-largest supermarket chain. Coles was found to have misled shoppers by promoting discounts that were not real after the Australian consumer watchdog launched legal action in 2024.
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[2026-05-18 00:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Malaysia's former Economy Minister Rafizi Ramli, right, and former Natural Resources and Environment Minister Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad shake hands during an event in Kuala Lumpur on May 17. (Photo by Norman Goh)
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[2026-05-17 23:00 UTC+10:00] [New York] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Daniel Sikkema is accused of hiring someone to kill his husband, Brent Sikkema, amid a divorce and alleged fights over money
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[2026-05-17 22:47 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: IDF Maj.-Gen. Roman Gofman sharply rejected on Friday the Attorney-General’s latest classified update to the High Court of Justice, accusing Gali Baharav-Miara’s office of trying to cast doubt on his integrity in the petitions against his appointment as Mossad chief.
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[2026-05-17 22:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — The International Criminal Court’s (ICC) Registry warned that Filipino and Cebuano interpreters may not be available for the trial of former president Rodrigo Duterte if it would begin in November as desired by the prosecution panel.
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[2026-05-17 22:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — Prosecutors at the International Criminal Court (ICC) intend to call 60 to 70 witnesses to testify against former president Rodrigo Duterte during the trial, including 31 "insider witnesses" and 17 crime-base witnesses.
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[2026-05-17 22:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Former finance minister Moshe Kahlon is set to admit that he failed to ensure that serious financial irregularities at UnetCredit were properly reported to the public while he served as chairman of the company, as part of a plea agreement filed with the Tel Aviv District Court’s Economic Department.
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[2026-05-17 21:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South Korea
Snippet: SEOUL, May 17 (Yonhap) -- The leaders of the ruling and main opposition parties were placed under police protection earlier than planned amid allegations of online assassination threats targeting the ruling party chief ahead of the June 3 local elections, police said Sunday.
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[2026-05-17 21:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: PwC faces fresh legal battle after SFC ordered HK$1 billion payout to Evergrande minority shareholders and AFRC imposed HK$300 million fine
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[2026-05-17 21:00 UTC+10:00] [Accounting and Financial Reporting Council] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: PwC faces fresh legal battle after SFC ordered HK$1 billion payout to Evergrande minority shareholders and AFRC imposed HK$300 million fine
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[2026-05-17 20:51 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 90]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Auto news: Will Australians spend over $100,000 on a Chinese car?
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[2026-05-17 20:29 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: US Senator Bill Cassidy has lost his Louisiana Republican primary after years of criticism from supporters of Donald Trump over his vote to convict the United States president during his 2021 impeachment trial linked to the January 6 Capitol attack that year.
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[2026-05-17 19:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The International Criminal Court in The Hague has issued secret arrest warrants against several Israeli officials, Haaretz reported on Sunday, citing a diplomatic source.
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[2026-05-17 18:37 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: A senior United States Senate official has put up a major roadblock for Republicans as they seek to use taxpayer money for security upgrades linked to President Donald Trump’s planned White House ballroom.
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[2026-05-17 17:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The Supreme Court has named Yuval Vilner, 38, as the individual suspected of raping singer and creator Shay-Li Atari on Sunday morning, as well as releasing him from 10 days of house arrest.
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[2026-05-17 16:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Nikkei Asia
Snippet: Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte faces her second impeachment trial in a year on Monday. Its outcome could reshape presidential politics in the 2028 race. © Reuters
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[2026-05-17 16:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A US Senate official on Saturday removed security funding that could be used for President Trump’s planned White House ballroom from a massive spending package, Democratic lawmakers said, imperiling Republican efforts to devote taxpayer money to the contentious project.
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[2026-05-17 15:35 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Staff reporter at The Korea Herald’s National Desk, based in Seoul. Covers South Korea’s national security and foreign policy, with a focus on the Defense, Foreign and Unification Ministries, as well as the National Assembly.Before entering journalism, served as an Air Force officer. Experience includes providing translation and interpretation, as well as strategic input for planning efforts, at the ROK-US Combined Forces Command.
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[2026-05-17 14:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer is considering resigning amid a deepening political crisis inside the ruling Labour Party, according to Daily Mail journalist Dan Hodges.
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[2026-05-17 14:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer is considering resigning amid a deepening political crisis in the ruling Labour Party, according to Daily Mail journalist Dan Hodges.
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[2026-05-17 14:14 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The rape, beating and neglect Marcus* endured during his placement with a foster family left him partially deaf, traumatised and with substance abuse issues.
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[2026-05-17 14:11 UTC+10:00] [Donald Trump] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Proposal to fund $1bn in security additions for White House campus and president’s new ballroom fails to meet procedural rules
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[2026-05-17 13:57 UTC+10:00] [Politics / Federal] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Opposition Leader Angus Taylor has pledged to rewrite the Sex Discrimination Act to enshrine a definition of biological sex, after the Federal Court doubled the damages paid to a transgender woman blocked from a “woman-only” app in a landmark discrimination case.
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[2026-05-17 13:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: A US Senate official on Saturday removed security funding that could be used for US President Donald Trump's planned $400 million White House ballroom from a massive spending package, Democratic lawmakers said, imperiling Republican efforts to devote taxpayer money to the contentious project.
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[2026-05-17 10:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Iranian deputy foreign minister Kazem Gharibabadi criticised the United States after a federal court temporarily suspended sanctions against UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese.
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[2026-05-17 10:00 UTC+10:00] [Editors' Pick] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Rappler
Snippet: Already have Rappler+? Sign in to listen to groundbreaking journalism.
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[2026-05-17 09:43 UTC+10:00] [Kansas] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Parents had sued to halt law, saying they had the right to make decisions regarding the health of their children
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[2026-05-17 09:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Sun 17 May 2026 at 9:28am
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[2026-05-17 09:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The wife of jailed drug lord Joaquín ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán continues to rehabilitate her image as her husband rots in a notorious maximum-security prison in Colorado.
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[2026-05-17 09:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The Hannah Swensen Mystery series on the Hallmark Channel has endured for several years now, like the network’s own version of Murder, She Wrote or Columbo, but as with any long-running franchise, the quality can vary from episode to episode. Fortunately, the latest release, Best Served Cold, is one of the better installments of the series.
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[2026-05-17 09:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: It will be a while before we see another duo like Aaron Judge and Juan Soto in the same lineup, as they were with the Yankees two years ago.
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[2026-05-17 06:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Accused of bankrolling the mass killing of the Tutsis, Kabuga was declared unfit to continue standing trial because he had dementia
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[2026-05-17 06:19 UTC+10:00] [Tutsi] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Accused of bankrolling the mass killing of the Tutsis, Kabuga was declared unfit to continue standing trial because he had dementia
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[2026-05-17 05:00 UTC+10:00] [Food / Recipes] [Factuality: 90]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Whoever said you can’t judge a book by its cover never owned a copy of Stephanie Alexander’s The Cook’s Companion. Just ask Good Food readers.
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[2026-05-17 04:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — A Rwandan suspect charged in connection with the 1994 genocide died in a hospital while in custody in The Hague, Netherlands, a U.N. court said Saturday, three years after the court declared him unfit to continue standing trial.
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[2026-05-17 04:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: North Carolina’s controversial “homewrecker laws” are drawing national attention to deeply personal marital scandals, and this time, a former U.S. senator is at the center of the case.
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[2026-05-17 04:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: People hold posters of slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, near the Saudi Arabia consulate in Istanbul, on Oct. 2, 2020. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel, File)
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[2026-05-17 02:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: AMAZON.COM Inc was sued on Friday by consumers seeking refunds for costs passed on to them in the form of higher prices as a result of tariffs the US Supreme Court later concluded had been unlawfully imposed by President Donald Trump.
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[2026-05-17 02:00 UTC+10:00] [Donald Trump] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: In unprecedented self-dealing maneuver, billions of taxpayer dollars could be paid to US president and his allies
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[2026-05-17 01:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Aaron Judge hit it out of the park again.
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[2026-05-17 01:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Matthew Vadum via The Epoch Times,
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